Wimbledon - Djokovic plays down talk of dip

Novak Djokovic refused to be downhearted after his Wimbledon title defence ended in semi-final defeat by an inspired Roger Federer on Centre Court.

The Serb will also lose the world number one ranking he took by beating Rafa Nadal in last year's final if Federer goes on to claim his seventh Wimbledon crown against Andy Murray.

Despite winning the Australian Open at the start of the year, Djokovic has fallen a little below the stratospheric heights he reached in winning 10 titles in 2011 and looked jaded during a 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-3 defeat by the Swiss.

However, the Serb preferred to look on the positive side, before jetting off for a holiday.

"Comparing to last year people would say this year is not that great," Djokovic said. "But look, I won a Grand Slam, played finals, semi-finals, won a couple of big tournaments, and played a lot of finals.

"So I'm very satisfied with the way it goes. Maybe couple of matches I'm disappointed about. But it's really difficult to do, to repeat what I have done last year, and I didn't expect myself to do that.